Excavation
 

Hi all, my girlfriend and I have recently baught a small house with a cellar. To make the cellar legally "habitable" we need to excavate roughly 1/2 meter down through stone flooring, underneath which is rock. Any information about how we should go about this would be helpful, even if it is just "get a contractor in".
Cheers, Will

You're on the right track. It'll be grunt work - jackhammers, shovels, carts (wheelbarrows) and an outdoor dumpster.

A conveyor would be useful too.

I watched some guys lowering the basement floor in a 19th century urban building recently. It was a bucket brigade of dirt and rubble through a street level access way. No conveyors, just lots of young, strong bodies.

I'd find a good demo guy, someone familiar with shaped/packed charges, he could save you a lot of money. Keyword here is GOOD.

You mean this guy tetor?

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Have you given any thought to raising your house and making the walls taller?

no ive not, can you tell me any more about it?

wo wo wo.....about lifting the house. hehehe. Cellar or Basement ? big difference here .... Give me the square footage ... and then I can give you some advice. Is there a way to get the material out/in? Does the foundation extend below the amount you want to take out ?
Maybe it is small ...but can create huge problems if not thought out in advance.
let me know your thoughts . Don

As far as the guy in the picture ......I think he's outta business..

Tell me the dif. between basement and cellar.

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